<![CDATA[The Hills Academy Blog Feed - Year 5 Blog - Denali and Pillar]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk%2Fblog%2F%3Fpid%3D25%26amp%3Bnid%3D23 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:30:06 GMT Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:30:06 GMT <![CDATA[ YEAR 5 JULY! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=1018 Tempus Fugit – time flies and time has certainly flown since our first Yr5 day back in September.  Both classes have enjoyed a whole curriculum of amazing topics that have certainly provided the fuel for some brilliant discussions.

]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:30:06 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=1018 <![CDATA[ TRIPS AND MARBLES IN YEAR 5 ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=997 So much has happened since the last blog that we could fill pages with the details of trips and activities. 

]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:28:13 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=997 <![CDATA[ FEBRUARY IN YEAR 5 ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=980 Yr5 have enjoyed a variety of incredible experiences over the last couple of weeks, most notable of those is Bikeability. 

]]> Thu, 1 May 2025 15:05:41 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=980 <![CDATA[ YEAR 5 - JANUARY ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=974 Happy New Year to you all.  Yr5 have started this new year with positivity and enthusiasm and regaled us with tales of new toys and games and clothes; of crackers and turkey and decorated trees.

]]> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:30:22 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=974 <![CDATA[ LEAF RUBBING, UNSUNG HEROES AND HAMPTON COURT ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=966 A HUGE number of things have happened since our last blog – we have enjoyed outdoor learning where we created rubbing over leaves and twigs to make a nature picture

]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:06:58 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=966 <![CDATA[ NOVEMBER BLOG ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=959 I attended my first Hills Academy school disco recently and my ears are still ringing!  However, it was great to see so many children enjoying themselves – chomping on their sweets, swinging their glow sticks around and showing off their best party clothes.

]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 08:58:44 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=959 <![CDATA[ YEAR 5 OCTOBER BLOG ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=953 Both classes enjoyed wet yet warmish outdoor learning sessions a couple of weeks ago. 

]]> Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:19:37 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=953 <![CDATA[ DRAGON EYES, EXPECTATIONS, LEGO AND REFLECTIONS ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=942 The new academic year is off to a flying start! Our Ready to Learn week has been completed, expectations have been illustrated and both classes have settled in to their new routines.

]]> Wed, 9 Oct 2024 09:08:24 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=942 <![CDATA[ YEAR 5 BRYHER RESIDENTIAL ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=925 Last month Year 5 went camping on an Island called Bryher on the Isles of Scilly.  For a lot of the children it was a first time on a boat, sleeping in a tent and being away from their parents!

Here are some of their reviews of the time away -

]]> Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:31:15 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=925 <![CDATA[ planets, maths and art ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=908 Space.  The final frontier.  Year 5 are exploring the outer reaches of the universe this term in science. 

]]> Tue, 2 Jul 2024 08:51:04 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=908 <![CDATA[ BUSY, BUSY IN YEAR 5! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=894 Spring is upon us finally, although the downpour outside the window as I write this, may not support that observation!  We are now slightly over halfway through the academic year – that is one and a half-terms gone, one and a half-terms to go before the start of the summer break. 

]]> Thu, 9 May 2024 10:31:21 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=894 <![CDATA[ FEBRUARY IN YEAR 5! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=883 This month’s blog has been created about a variety of lessons and activities by the Yr5 students:

]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:36:09 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=883 <![CDATA[ A NEW TERM IN YEAR 5! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=876 A new year and a new term for all in Year 5. 

]]> Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:04:32 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=876 <![CDATA[ MUD, SINGING, CRAFTING AND A PALACE! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=868 Five golden rings!  Four colly birds!  Three French hens!  Two turtle doves!   …and a partridge in a pear tree!

]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:12:04 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=868 <![CDATA[ WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN YEAR 5 THIS TERM... ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=848 By the time you read this blog, the Autumn 2 term will be well underway and of course this time of year brings many events for the calendar – Halloween (and all the sweets you can eat), Bonfire Night (and all the toffee apples you can eat) and of course Christmas (and all the mince pies and Brussell sprouts you don’t really want but feel obliged to eat).

]]> Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:34:23 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=848 <![CDATA[ NARRATIVES AND SWIMMING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SINGING! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=839 Learning continues in leaps and bounds for the whole of Year 5.  Already we are over a month into the year with the children settling in really well and adapting to the shift upwards in pace and expectations.

]]> Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:08:28 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=839 <![CDATA[ A NEW SCHOOL YEAR IN YEAR 5 ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=832 We have made a great start to Year 5 this term and have begun exploring a range of new topics and learning areas.

]]> Thu, 2 Nov 2023 10:58:53 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=832 <![CDATA[ GOODBYE YEAR 5! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=822 For our final blog of Year 5, some of the children have shared their reflections on Year 5. What a wonderful year it has been! 

]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:55:24 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=822 <![CDATA[ BRYHER RESIDENTIAL ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=811 At 9:30pm on Sunday 12th June, the Year 5’s gathered on the playground, ready for the most exciting trip! We were on our way to Bryher, located on the Isles of Scilly! After spending a night on the coach, we arrived in Penzance, where we ate our breakfast on the sea front and watched some of the wild swimmers and early dog walkers.

]]> Fri, 21 Jul 2023 08:20:43 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=811 <![CDATA[ AIR AND WATER RESISTANCE ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=800 This half term, in science, we have been looking at air and water resistance. Air resistance is the force of friction between air and another material and water resistance is the force of water against another material. 

]]> Tue, 11 Jul 2023 09:25:36 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=800 <![CDATA[ SPORTS FESTIVAL! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=793 On 27th April, we travelled on a bus to go to a sports festival at Biddenham school.

]]> Thu, 18 May 2023 16:14:37 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=793 <![CDATA[ YEAR 5 ART ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=789 This term, in art, Year 5 have been learning about various artists, such as Hokusai and Alfred Wallis. We have had an opportunity to use a variety of mediums, such as oil pastels, water colour paint and water colour pencils to explore these artists' work. 

]]> Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:12:18 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=789 <![CDATA[ INDIAN SUMMER ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=769 On Tuesday 7th February, we went for an exciting meal out to Indian Summer!

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:34:03 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=769 <![CDATA[ HAMPTON COURT! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=763 We had an early start on the 15th December, eagerly anticipating a long-awaited trip! Hampton Court Palace had been postponed once before due to poor weather conditions and we were rearing to go, looking forward to the secrets that the palace held!

]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2023 09:37:39 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=763 <![CDATA[ dt ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=745 In year 5, we have been making phone cases in DT!

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:58:39 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=745 <![CDATA[ OUTDOOR LEARNING ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=736 This half term, Year 5 had an amazing time during Outdoor Learning!

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:36:48 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=736 <![CDATA[ OUTDOOR LEARNING IN YEAR 5 ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=727 Outdoor learning is a fun experience to learn about the community and earth. This fun lesson, which is run by Mrs Griffin, is a time to use your imagination and creativity.

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:39:06 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=727 <![CDATA[ GYMNASTICS IS GREAT! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=720 In indoor P.E this term, Year 5 have begun learning about balances in our gymnastics topic.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:30:13 GMT https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=720 <![CDATA[ Goodbye Year 5…Hello Year 6! ]]> https://www.thehillsacademy.co.uk/blog/?pid=25&nid=23&storyid=712 This term, we have been reading the novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and we have absolutely loved it! We’re not wanting to include spoilers of the book but the ending gave us all a bit of a shock and we were